Vintage Audio Valves have such a wonderfully rich musical tone & will enhance your equipment’s sound. “Tube rolling” with quality vintage valves is a lot of fun and will produce wonderful improvements to the tone of valve-driven hi-fi components and valve guitar amplifiers. We have been collecting and using Vintage Valves, as a hobby for Read more…
Latest Testimonials
Paul has a great deal of valuable knowledge in the world of vintage tubes. Along with being an all round marvelous human – once an ongoing trade relationship is established he is also very generous with lending out tubes on short term loans to allow clients to listen to the differing sonic characteristics that the world of tube rolling can bring to your individual systems ie “try before you buy”. I simply can’t recommended Paul enough!!
crispyshredded (337 
) 4:18 pm, Tue 28 Jun
Wow, Stunning. Once they have warmed up for an hour it just gets better. Sounds like the music is dipped in honey but with the deepest bass and widest soundstage i’ve heard. I’m stoked. My Amp finally sounds like what i thought a tube amp would sound like. And i’ve had this for 10 years, should have done this a long time ago 🙂 I see what all the fuss is about with NOS now….. Time for a beer
darrelbirchall (64 
) 7:46 pm, Sat 18 Jun
) 7:46 pm, Sat 18 JunVery happy with the product and service from Paul. I needed to replace 4 PC88 tubes in my preamp and Paul had a quad from the original manufacturer! You can trust Paul to set you right.
Passionate, authentic, genuine and a good bugger. Pleased to pick up a quad set vintage Blackburn UK Mullard XF2 EL34 today with the unexpected bonus of sage advice and a nice set of tests on my rag tag collection of tubes.
When I first got my hybrid preamp it was an excellent performer, but had started to break down recently. Paul tested the valves for me and found them to be needing replacement. He provided me with high quality replacements and it’s far better now than I remember it ever being. He is a real enthusiast and happy to discuss and provide advice. I very highly recommend him. Thank you Paul.
Paul is a pleasure to deal with and very knowledgeable. Fast and reliable service. A++
Paul is a legend. He came to our place so we could test various tubes in our microphones. The world needs more people like Paul!
Five Star Rating!!! Paul was very welcoming, shared knowledge and provided perfect advice on what NOS tubes would bring to get the best out my amplification – Wow, it sure did!!! We Couldn’t be happier!! The recommended NOS Mullard GZ34 rectifiers gave a more complete sound in all areas including emotional engagement, tonal realism, more detail, and of course that Mullard silkiness they are renowned for!! If you have tube gear, and looking to improve, give Paul a call, you’ll be glad you did!!
Paul is a really good guy. He’s always ready to help and he’s a great communicator. I’ve got a few tubes from him and his product is unquestionably high quality.
justinwoodnz (81) 11:32 am, Tue 01 Feb
) 11:32 am, Tue 01 FebPaul supplied me with 2 x near perfectly matched Miniwatt 12AU7’s (I verified this with my curve tracer), Im a particularly finicky customer but Paul wasn’t the least bit perturbed. I couldn’t be happier with the service and product supplied. With a large stock of quality and rare audio valves Paul should be your first stop for vintage tubes.
candy9 (771
) 
12:26 pm, Fri 14 Jan
Paul is extremely helpful. I asked Paul to source an octave of Mullard Blackburn XF2 EL34’s for my amp and he found them. Sound – mellow and lovely – enjoying them very much – its the difference between “music coming at you” and “music arriving inside you”, so some very pleasant listening ahead. Thank you. -Paul W
I can nothing but recommend Paul and his service. He has an Aladdin’s cave of vintage valves. I approached him to upgrade a valve phono preamp and he suggested going to a vintage Mullard from the stock new Chinese tubes. It has made an amazing difference and one that I wish I had done years ago. Paul is extremely helpful, has great communication and follows up the sale with really interesting information. I will be back for more.
petersimpson81 (18 
) Thu 06 May
Paul was very obliging and extremely helpful with my enquiry. He knows his stuff and recommended some valve alternatives I didn’t know existed. I purchased 2 pairs of Vintage Valves for my power amp and I’m very pleased. I will recommend to anyone who is looking to replace or try out alternative valves. Thanks!
harryskater (44 ) Mon 19 Apr
By chance, I hooked up with Paul online during lockdown after about 3 decades, renewed our joint interest in audio and purchased some valves from him. Paul is most knowledgeable and has an impressive stash of vintage valves. He is happy to send me some product to try out in my amplifier and dac – a no obligation, free home trial. This is most helpful, because of the character and tone of valves. Paul offers this service to clients whom he has had dealings for some time. I recommend him.
musiknutter (370 ) Wed 27 Jan
While browsing NOS/vintage 12AX7s on eBay, I couldn’t help but notice that one of the very best sellers appeared to be based right here in NZ! Intrigued, I emailed Paul directly, who very kindly invited me over with my guitar amp. He turned out to have a world-class palette of vintage 12AX7s (not to mention other valve varieties) – just a few minutes drive from my house – and was exceedingly generous with his time and expertise. Highly recommended and a real pleasure to meet.
guitarman6 (47 ) Fri 22 Jan
I was restoring an antique radio and narrowed down the problem to one tube, and found Paul’s website after a google search for somewhere in NZ that would sell vintage tubes. Paul replied to my email that same evening, having stayed up late searching for that particular tube, and very fortunately for me found one and this radio is now working again as a result. It is wonderful to have a business like this in NZ with such good customer service rather than having to order from overseas.
Paul knows his tubes and offers a genial, enthusiastic and sympathetic understanding of his customers’ needs. He’s in it for the love, and it’s so refreshing to deal with people like Paul who know their chips and are able and so willing to help,rather than those wpeople whose knowledge is limited to how to operate the cash register!
Paul is a superb sommelier of NOS tubes. His recommendations based on my taste and equipment have unlocked to true joy of realism and soundstage in my systems. I’m absolutely hooked! I have also used Pauls testing service and was delighted to read the hand written notes returned with my tubes detailing the quality, history and tasting notes. Very useful and confidence inspiring. Paul is an absolute gentleman with whom I enjoy dealing with regularly.
Amazing service! I’ve now purchased a number of tubes off Paul. Excellent service, Paul has helped me breath new life into my Amp. If your are after NOS tubes save the postage from buying overseas and get them right here in Auckland.
daniel.mcivor (443 ) Mon 21 Dec
Always found Paul knowledgable and helpful when it came to what tubes to consider on a wide range of tube amplifiers over the years. His advise has been spot on and he went the extra mile when it came to offering service with a smile. You can deal with Paul with confidence and know you are in good hands.
audioreference (108 
) Sat 19 Dec
